Dylan calls election; Who knows about Pete Townshend?

Meanwhile, Robert Plant is knocked over by a fan at Buenos Aries concert

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2010 file photo Roger Daltrey, left, Zak Starkey, center, and Pete Townshend of The Who perform during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game between the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints in Miami. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2010 file photo Roger Daltrey, left, Zak Starkey, center, and Pete Townshend of The Who perform during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game between the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints in Miami. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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The week is young, as is this most dramatic of election days. But for rock fans, it's already shaping up to be a colorful week. (Since I was out of the office last week, we'll stretch the definition of "the week is young" and "colorful week" to include last Friday)

Monday night, at a concert in Madison, Wisconsin, Dylan told his audience that today's presidential election would be a slam-dunk -- for President Obama.

"Don't believe the media. I think it's going to be a landslide," said Dylan, whose recent San Diego concert at Valley View Casino Center found him addressing the audience only to introduce his band members and guest guitarist Mark Knopfler.

Townshend's hearing damage dates back to the 1960s. When The Who launched its 1989 reunion tour, he played acoustic guitar and was surrounded by Plexiglass baffles on stage, the better to protect him from the volume of the other musicians on stage.

On subsequent tours, he returned to electric guitar and did not need any Plexiglass baffles on stage. But in Florida, after complaining that the volume was "too loud," he abruptly fled the stage during "You Better, You Bet." Townshend, 67, did not return for The Who's final encore selection, "Baba O'Riley."

Here's hoping the sound issues will be sorted out well before The Who's San Diego show next year.

As for erstwhile Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, it appears he was briefly dazed -- though not at all confused -- when he was briefly knocked off his feet after a fan rushed the stage at Plant's Nov. 1 concert in Buenos Aries, Argentina.